NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 1-13-2010

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Wednesday, January 13, 2010 There are more than 500,000 subscribers that receive the Daily Policy Digest. Help us hit 1 million by Forwarding to a Friend. Yes, I want to support Daily Policy Digest and contribute today! Economic Issues HOW MEDIA MISUSE INCOME DATA TO MATCH THEIR PRECONCEPTIONS More than three-quarters of those working Americans whose incomes were in the bottom 20 percent in 1975 were also in the top 40 percent of income earners at some point by 1991, says Thomas Sowell in his newest book, "Intellectuals and Society"... INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Health Issues THE HOUSE HEALTH CARE BILL: STICKING IT TO SMALL BUSINESS The employer mandate structure in the House-passed health care bill would create a strong disincentive for a business to expand compensation or even acquire new workers, says policy analyst John Ligon... HERITAGE FOUNDATION Economic Issues A BUSINESS PLAN FOR JOBS Given the proper tools, America's job creators can usher in a new era of prosperity, says Thomas Donohue, President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce... REAL CLEAR POLITICS Government Issues FREEDOM IN THE WORLD 2010: GLOBAL EROSION OF FREEDOM Global declines in freedom outweighed gains in 2009, say researchers... FREEDOM HOUSE/BOTSWANA GAZETTE Crime ARMED AND VULNERABLE? There may be a reverse causation associated with getting shot: people who anticipate violent confrontations often own guns... UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA/REASON About the DPD NCPA's Daily Policy Digest brings you the most wide-ranging public policy findings five times a week at no charge. DPD knows your time is valuable, so we find and summarize the most topical public policy issues from today's newspapers, magazines, websites, government reports, scholarly journals and think tanks. Visit the DPD Archives Visit the NCPA website The John Goodman Health Blog A new Consumer-Directed Health Care Blog. Forward this to a Friend Subscribe to the Daily Policy Digest. Unsubscribe: If you received this email in error, you can unsubscribe here. Connect with the NCPA on: Please do not reply to this email address as it is not monitored. For a list of NCPA departments and corresponding email addresses, please visit www.ncpa.org/contact. We depend on the financial support of individuals. We need your help to continue our work. Join the NCPA today! Dallas Headquarters 12770 Coit Rd., Suite 800 Dallas, TX 75251-1339 Phone: (972) 386-6272 Fax: (972) 386-0924 Copyright 2003-2010 National Center for Policy Analysis - All rights reserved